The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as a jump in U.S. Treasury yields weighed on risk appetite, with the loonie pulling back from its strongest level in nearly. | February 20, 2021
The economy shrank 4.8 percent in 2020 its first annual contraction since 2009. Last year, virus restrictions and a 2019 consumption tax hike forced Japan into recession before a third-quarter rebound to 5.3 percent growth, a figure revised upwards slightly on Monday. Japan emerged from recession in November after recording its worst contraction since comparable figures began to be collected in 1980, exceeding even the pain of the 2008-9 global financial crisis. Domestic demand and net exports contributed to growth in the fourth quarter, the cabinet office said, adding that spending on housing and corporate investment rebounded. While Monday s figure for the fourth quarter was above the 2.4 percent predicted by economists polled by Bloomberg, it sounds the alarm for the first quarter of 2021.
GameStop ride weighed as warning
Some investors worry stocks driven by small traders may be signs of over-exuberance
Reuters
January 31, 2021
One potential catalyst for further volatility could come if hedge funds are forced to sell out of positions in order to cover failed short selling bets. PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW YORK:
Some investors are growing concerned that wild swings in GameStop and other stocks driven by small-time traders could be fresh signs of over-exuberance that foreshadow volatility for the broader stock market.
GameStop shares closed up 400% for the week after the video game chain’s stock became a battleground between retail traders and Wall Street professionals, a tussle that captivated investors the world over.
Opinion: Saint Prince Harry can t blow this chance to show his worth
27 Jan, 2021 01:13 AM
5 minutes to read
In a recent interview, Harry said there s a need to remodel the digital world before it s too late . Photo / Getty Images
In a recent interview, Harry said there s a need to remodel the digital world before it s too late . Photo / Getty Images
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Celia Walden
I ve developed a fixation with Prince Harry s brow. Over the past five years, it has gone from boyish and unfurrowed to Yoda-like: scored with the wisdom lines of someone thrice his age and weighed down by an almost unbearable number of responsibilities.
getting national attention. it is a major marijuana vote. it is happen iing in ohio. it is the first time that voters are actually going to decide whether to approve recreational marijuana and medical marijuana at the same time. if it is is approved, ohio is going to be the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana. the debate in and of itself is a sticky one, but this is where it gets really sticky. cultivating and selling the the pot would be limited to just ten predetermi predetermined farms. oddly enough, and maybe not oddly at all, but the owners of the farms including a group of celebrity investors including nick lachey who is from the boy band 98 degrees, and including nfl player, and the great-great grand nephews of the president william taft who may or may not be rolling over in his very big grave. so if it is passed they would stand to make a lot of money.